Kent G. Dedrick papers, circa 1950-1990.

California

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History The California State University System, formally established in 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act. It is the nation’s largest university system, with 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers, more than 400,000 students and 42,000 faculty and staff. The CSU is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California (the others are the University of California and the California Community College System). Since 19...

Dedrick, Kent G.

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Kent G. Dedrick was born in Watsonville, California in 1923. He earned a B.A. degree in Chemistry from San Jose State College, and an M.A. in physical sciences and a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University. He worked at the W.W. Hansen Laboratories of Physics, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and the Stanford Research Institute. From 1976 to 1992 he worked for the California State Lands Commission. He played a key role in the movement to stop the filling of San Francisco Bay. His activi...

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission

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California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission

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Agency History In November of 1972, the people of the State of California voted and approved of Proposition 20, the Coastal Zone Conservation Act, which created the temporary California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission (CCZCC). Members to the State Commission consisted of one member chosen by the each of the six regional commissions and six public representatives of which two were appointed by the Governor, two by the Senate Rules Committ...